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Hiroshima Nagasaki: The Real Story of the Atomic Bombings and Their Aftermath
Paul Ham · Thomas Dunne Books Format: Hardcover
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In this harrowing history of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, Paul Ham argues against the use of nuclear weapons, drawing on extensive research and hundreds of interviews to prove that the bombings had little impact on the eventual outcome of the Pacific War. More than 100,000 people... |
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Thirteen Days in September: Carter, Begin, and Sadat at Camp David
Lawrence Wright · Knopf; 1St Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW S 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEARA gripping day-by-day account of the 1978 Camp David conference, when President Jimmy Carter persuaded Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian president Anwar Sadat to sign the first peace treaty in the modern Middle... |
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The Atlas of Special Operations of World War II
Alex Swanston · Skyhorse Publishing Format: Hardcover
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As author Alex Swanston explains in his introduction, "World War II was a truly global conflict, involving almost all nations in the struggle to stop the spread of totalitarianism. This meant that battles were fought in all climates and on all sorts of terrain. . . . Technology had also... |
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Hollywood Traitors: Blacklisted Screenwriters Agents of Stalin, Allies of Hitler
Allan H. Ryskind · Regnery History; 1St Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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Allan Ryskind, son of Marx Brothers screenwriter Morrie Ryskind (Animal Crackers, A Night at the Opera, Room Service), exposes the ugly truth about the Communists blacklisted from the film industry. Too often, the "Hollywood Ten" brought before the House Un-American Activities... |
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Showdown: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Nomination That Changed America
Wil Haygood · Knopf Publishing Group Pages: 416 Format: Hardcover
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Thurgood Marshall brought down the separate-but-equal doctrine, integrated schools, and not only fought for human rights and human dignity but also made them impossible to deny in the courts and in the streets. In this stunning new biography, award-winning author Wil Haygood surpasses the emotional... |
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Supreme Commander: MacArthur's Triumph in Japan
Seymour Morris Jr. · Harpercollins Pages: 384 Format: Hardcover
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Seymour Morris Jr. combines political history, military biography, and business management to tell the story of General Douglas MacArthur's tremendous success in rebuilding Japan after World War II in Supreme Commander, a lively, in-depth work of biographical history complementary to The Generals,... |
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Over There: America in the Great War
Robert J Dalessandro · Stackpole Books Pages: 198 Format: Print book
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More than 360 photographs detail the American military experience in World War I on the ground, in the air, and at sea, from recruitment to the Armistice. This is the premier visual history of the United States in the Great War to be published during these centennial years.Features not only... |
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Hue 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam
Mark Bowden · Atlantic Monthly Press Pages: 608 Format: Hardcover
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Not since his #1 New York Times bestseller Black Hawk Down has Mark Bowden written a book about a battle. His most ambitious work yet, Hue 1968 is the story of the centerpiece of the Tet Offensive and a turning point in the American War in Vietnam. By January 1968, despite an influx of half... |
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Bush
Jean Edward Smith · Simon & Schuster Pages: 808 Format: Print book
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Distinguished presidential biographer Jean Edward Smith offers a critical yet fair biography of George W. Bush, showing how he ignored his advisors to make key decisions himself - most disastrously in invading Iraq - and how these decisions were often driven by the President's deep religious... |
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World War II: The Definitive Visual History
DK · DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley) Pages: 372 Format: Hardcover
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World War II: The Definitive Visual History is a comprehensive, authoritative, yet accessible guide to the people, politics, events, and lasting effects of World War II. Perhaps the most complex, frightening, and destructive event in global history, the Second World War saw the heights... |
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Killing England: The Brutal Struggle for American Independence
BILL O'REILLY · Henry Holt and Co. Pages: 336 Format: Hardcover
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The Revolutionary War as never told before.The breathtaking latest installment in Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard's mega-bestselling Killing series transports readers to the most important era in our nation's history, the Revolutionary War. Told through the eyes of George Washington,... |
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Teche: A History of Louisiana's Most Famous Bayou
Shane K. Bernard · University Press of Mississippi Pages: 272 Format: Hardcover
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Shane K. Bernard's Teche examines this legendary waterway of the American Deep South. Bernard delves into the bayou's geologic formation as a vestige of the Mississippi and Red Rivers, its prehistoric Native American occupation, and its colonial settlement by French, Spanish, and,... |
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